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Incompetence Or Worse?

Nigel West THE SECURITY SERVICE, 1908-1945: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY by Jack Curry PRO, £50, pp. 442 A t the end of the second world war MI5's Director-General, Sir David Petrie,......

Crumbling Under The Cure

Frank Egerton INCONCEIVABLE by Ben Elton Bantam, £15.99, pp. 272 T his novel about infertility may have faults, but it proves a radical new departure for Ben Elton. One might......